Ontario’s police watchdog is looking at the conduct of an officer following a head-on crash that killed a London teen and her boyfriend.

Taryn Hewitt, 16, of London and driver Nathan Wehrle, 15, of Cambridge were killed when their car struck a tractor trailer north of Hamilton on Thursday.

Waterloo Regional police got a call about 9:30 a.m. from a citizen reporting the possible abduction of a woman, or assault on a woman, in Cambridge. Police located a vehicle on King Street East in Cambridge, but the driver didn’t stop and headed east on Hwy. 401 before turning south on Highway 6 toward Hamilton.

Waterloo police pursued the vehicle.

The vehicle crashed head-on with a tractor trailer on Hwy. 6, between Freelton Road and Concession 10, just before 10 a.m.

Hewitt and Wehrle were both pronounced dead at the scene.

The Special Investigations Unit has designated one subject officer and five witness officers, an agency spokesperson said Tuesday.

Created in 1990, the SIU probes civilian death or serious injury involving police and allegations of sexual assault against officers.

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